Josh Boyer (jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said: > > > If 7 years is what manufacturers really want, then it sounds like > > > CentOS is much better positioned to be get shipped on laptops than > > > Fedora. Instead of working on a new "Fedora LTS" for this usage case, > > > would time be better spent improving EPEL and CentOS for the > > > desktop/laptop use case? I'd always thought of CentOS/RHEL as "Fedora > > > LTS" anyway, to be honest. > > > > The point of a Fedora LTS for these manufacturers, if it were to exist, > > is to give them a channel to partner with, work on support with, and > > a software base they can get needed changes into. > > Agreed. Fedora is well positioned to do that. In fact, it's well > positioned for the manufacturers themselves to get their software > changes in as well. I think there is an opportunity here for both > sides that's worth looking at. > > > AFAIK, CentOS isn't set up to accept changes (into the base repo) or > > provide that level of support. And if they wanted to do it with Red Hat > > at the RHEL level... presumably they would already be doing so. > > That would presume a lot more as well. Do both parties want to pursue > that market? Do both parties get benefits from it? Are the > development models and support terms structured in a way that > facilitates that? Even if we assume an answer of "yes" for all of > those things and RHEL is pursuing it, that doesn't mean Fedora cannot > or should not, right? No, it doesn't mean Fedora can't do that. My main point is that I don't see any situations where those answers are all 'yes' for CentOS, so I don't think trying to position CentOS for this makes sense.... it either makes sense for RHEL, or for Fedora (or for both). Bill _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx